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Developability and Formulation Development Summer Internship

Location Cambridge, England, United Kingdom Job ID R-244399 Date posted 24/01/2026

Developability and Formulation Development Summer Internship

Cambridge

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical business and its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide. AstraZeneca Summer Internships introduce you to the world of ground-breaking drug development, embedding you in highly dedicatedteams,committed to delivering life-changing medicines to patients. Our 10–12-week program is designed for undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students. We offer exciting opportunities across Research & Development, Operations, and Enabling Units (Corporate functions).

Our internships immerse students in the pharmaceutical industry, allowing the opportunity to contribute to our diverse pipeline of medicines whether in the lab or outside of it. You will feel trusted and empoweredtotakeonnewchallenges, but with all the help and guidanceyouneedtosucceed. This internship will help you developessential skills, expand your knowledge, and build a network that will set you up for future success. You will be surrounded by curious,passionate, and open-minded professionals eager to learn and follow the science, fostering your growth in a truly collaborative and globalteam.

Join our innovative formulation development team as a Summer Intern focusedon a Developability Initiative. Developability involves assessing whether a drug candidate can be efficientlydeveloped into a safe, effective, and manufacturable product. This role is positioned within our dynamic formulation team under the umbrella of the biopharmaceutical development department, where you will gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge High Throughput Screening Techniques (HTST). These are methods that allow rapid collection of large data sets, speeding up the formulation development process. It's important that this data matches real-world results to ensure it is useful and accurate. Our project goal is to see if HTST can replace traditional methods, using less material and generating data more quickly. This could lead to faster identification of successful biologics, ultimately helping patients receive effective treatments sooner.

Accountabilities:

  • Collaborate with the R&D team to assess and validate high throughput assays.

  • Conduct experiments focusing on key biologic formulation attributes.

  • Analyze and interpret assay data to support formulation development decisions.

  • Document experimental processes, findings, and insights accurately and comprehensively.

  • Present findings to the team, providing scientific rationale and recommendations.

  • Engage with cross-functional teams to understand the broader context of biologic drug development.

Essential Skills/Experience:

  • Currently pursuing a degree in Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related field.

  • Fundamental knowledge of laboratory techniques and assay development.

  • Demonstratedinterestin biologics development and formulation science.

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

  • Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

  • Enthusiasm for learning and working within a collaborative multidisciplinary team.

AstraZeneca is where you can immerse yourself in groundbreaking work with real patient impact.

Trusted to work on important projects, you’ll have the independence totakeonnewchallenges while receiving all the guidanceyouneedtosucceed. Our collaborativeenvironment is designed to help you growprofessionally and personally, surrounded by passionate individuals eager to makeadifference.

Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca, starting with the recruitment process. Wewelcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics.

We offer reasonableadjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any reasonableadjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.

Ready to make an impact? Apply now and join us on this excitingjourney!

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Date Posted

23-Jan-2026

Closing Date

06-Feb-2026

Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.

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